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obama is now committed to withdrawing in 2014. that is generally a good thing, but did we need the true escalation, how well did it work, should we do more? all of that cannot be addressed unless we have a national debate on the policy. am sure general petraeus' issues and other security issues were there, but that is really not the issue here. >> it is interesting. all of this takes place as roger bales is being questioned for the murder of 16 afghans. he is now at fort lewis-mcchord in washington state. >> that is another issue. i am from a military family. i really mind that the events in afghanistan are on stage. we know almost no media reporting on afghanistan. our guys are out there fighting, and if they get killed, it is on page 17. it is not right for a country to be at war unless it is committed to the war. it is not right to have any public discussion of the mistakes that were made, the kind of command structures that were there. obviously, there are a lot of troops who never been through a lot of rotations. some of them
obama is now committed to withdrawing in 2014. that is generally a good thing, but did we need the true escalation, how well did it work, should we do more? all of that cannot be addressed unless we have a national debate on the policy. am sure general petraeus' issues and other security issues were there, but that is really not the issue here. >> it is interesting. all of this takes place as roger bales is being questioned for the murder of 16 afghans. he is now at fort lewis-mcchord in...
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obama is targeting and killing people without judicial review. we're acting as judge, jury, and executioner. >> this is open on cnn on the secret drone war. >> there has to be a target that is authorized by our laws. it has to be a threat that is serious and not speculative. it has to be a situation in which we cannot capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the yen and the states. this is an example of where i think there has been some is reporting. we want to capture if we can because that -- then the king gather intelligence. a lot of the terrorist networks, the most dangerous was the target the u.s., operate from various regions and it is difficult to capture them. and we have got to make sure in whatever operations we conduct, we are very careful about avoiding civilian casualties. >> there is president obama speaking. i was just thinking about the yemeni cleric awlaki, his 16- year-old son who was killed. he was killed two weeks after his father was killed, also in a drone strike. >> people wi
obama is targeting and killing people without judicial review. we're acting as judge, jury, and executioner. >> this is open on cnn on the secret drone war. >> there has to be a target that is authorized by our laws. it has to be a threat that is serious and not speculative. it has to be a situation in which we cannot capture the individual before they move forward on some sort of operational plot against the yen and the states. this is an example of where i think there has been...
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president obama promised change, but it could not deliver it. i promise change and i have a record of achieving it. >> widespread concerns have been raised over how residents in areas hit hard by superstorm sandy will be able to vote today, as some areas remain without power. the new york governor has signed an executive order allowing residents to cast a provisional ballot or affidavit in any polling place in the state, and ability new jersey has also extended. there, a governor chris christie, has announced displaced new jersey residents can vote through e-mail and fax. state officials say they will also need to submit a paper ballot. in one coastal county in new jersey, officials reportedly hired a converted camper to deliver mail and ballots to storm shelters. >> because of the devastation across the state, all of the county clerks throughout the state of a jersey have extended hours so people can physically walk into our office and vote by mail, which the call it a vote by mail, but it is really like a paper ballot. they fill out the applic
president obama promised change, but it could not deliver it. i promise change and i have a record of achieving it. >> widespread concerns have been raised over how residents in areas hit hard by superstorm sandy will be able to vote today, as some areas remain without power. the new york governor has signed an executive order allowing residents to cast a provisional ballot or affidavit in any polling place in the state, and ability new jersey has also extended. there, a governor chris...
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in a conversation with editors at the des moines register, obama said -- obama was right. latino voters turned out in record numbers on tuesday and exit polls show obama won 71% of the latino vote. mitt romney won just 27%, less than any presidential candidates published any republican candidate in 16 years. in 2004, george w. bush won 44% of the latino vote. for the first time, latinos made up more than 10% of the nation's electorate. obama's a one huge margins of african-american and asian- american voters. on wednesday, senate majority leader harry reid called the democrats the party of diversity. and vowed to bring up an immigration reform bill next year. he said republicans continue to oppose immigration reform, it's at their peril. meanwhile on the state level, maryland voters affirmed the dream act on tuesday, allowing undocumented immigrants to receive in-state tuition. to talk more about the latino vote, we're joined by "democracy now!" co-host and new york daily news columnist juan gonzalez. he is author of a number of books including, "harvest of empire: a histo
in a conversation with editors at the des moines register, obama said -- obama was right. latino voters turned out in record numbers on tuesday and exit polls show obama won 71% of the latino vote. mitt romney won just 27%, less than any presidential candidates published any republican candidate in 16 years. in 2004, george w. bush won 44% of the latino vote. for the first time, latinos made up more than 10% of the nation's electorate. obama's a one huge margins of african-american and asian-...
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so that is how obama got people to vote for him. >> first of all, that was incorrect. along with that package, which kept interest rates for student loans down, we also lost interest rates for graduate student loans. those interest rates went up and the amount of land that crutchers --credit is went up -- some say the same, really. >> pam brown, where is occupy today? this is the anniversary of the police moving in on occupy wall street at zuccotti park. and eviscerating the encampment. but also we just experienced superstorm sandy. you went from help station to help stationed throughout new york that was being run by occupy sandy relief. >> i think we're at a moment that is interesting, where mutual aid has become a very big part of what occupy is doing. with occupy sandy, one of the things i think we're going to see is as this tragedy unfolds, more and more we're going to more we'redebt is tied to this. we know goldman sachs has partnered with new york city to offer so-called low interest runs, which are predatory loans, paid back within two years and even though the
so that is how obama got people to vote for him. >> first of all, that was incorrect. along with that package, which kept interest rates for student loans down, we also lost interest rates for graduate student loans. those interest rates went up and the amount of land that crutchers --credit is went up -- some say the same, really. >> pam brown, where is occupy today? this is the anniversary of the police moving in on occupy wall street at zuccotti park. and eviscerating the...
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all for coming black vote for president obama. and women will probably break president obama's way. people feel they are entitled to things, and which candidate between the two is going to give them things? >> that was bill o'reilly. ben jealous? >> when you look at those comments, there tinge with everything that is sad about the history of our country. his disdain for women, part of the group that just once stuff. his disdain for people of all colors except for his own. uating traditional with oppression that is really what he is talking about. based on gender oppression, race oppression, the oppression of people of different sexual orientations than his own. bill o'reilly has moments. i have witnessed a couple when he is lucid and actually the recognize what this country really is. last night, and for shalit, he saw -- unfortunate his group's four equation for success will not guarantee that. he is going to have to change his game and hopefully, change his tune. >> the demographic shift is talking about is very real. in 1992, republican candidate winning six of 10 white votes cou
all for coming black vote for president obama. and women will probably break president obama's way. people feel they are entitled to things, and which candidate between the two is going to give them things? >> that was bill o'reilly. ben jealous? >> when you look at those comments, there tinge with everything that is sad about the history of our country. his disdain for women, part of the group that just once stuff. his disdain for people of all colors except for his own. uating...
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i look forward to serving as long as president obama would like to. >> the obama administration has announced it will likely decide in the coming weeks on the role of u.s. troops in afghanistan after a scheduled withdrawal in 2014. on monday, defense secretary leon panetta said although the majority of u.s. forces will return home, and unspecified number could stay behind to continue military operations. new government data shows the year-to-date time from january to october was the warmest ever recorded for the contiguous united states. according to the national climatic data center, the national temperature was 3.4 degrees fahrenheit higher than the 20th century average, and more than one degree higher than the previous record for the first 10 months of the year. october's cooler to buttress ended a streak of 16 consecutive warmer than average months, but this year is still on pace to become the warmest ever recorded. the latest report follows a number of global warming benchmarks, including the warmest consecutive 12-month period, which ended in july. the u.s. is poised to become the bigge
i look forward to serving as long as president obama would like to. >> the obama administration has announced it will likely decide in the coming weeks on the role of u.s. troops in afghanistan after a scheduled withdrawal in 2014. on monday, defense secretary leon panetta said although the majority of u.s. forces will return home, and unspecified number could stay behind to continue military operations. new government data shows the year-to-date time from january to october was the...
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obama did not deliver it. i do not know what his intentions were, and i think it is almost irrelevant. we hdergone a corporate and it is over. obama serves those centers of power. on the issue of the rise of racism, which is very true -- i just came from alabama and was in montgomery, and you go into montgomery, there is a giant confederate flag now put up for the sons of the confederacy, and this is a new phenomenon, as you , peoplenchise people commonl retreat into these frightening ethnic enclaves, and they create a mythic narrative about themselves. a year ago there was a re- enactment of the swearing of jefferson davis, and his inauguration is a holiday alongside martin luther king day in alabama along with the founding of the confederacy. with robert e. lee day and martin luther king day, it is insane. all of this is new, and that kind of despair fuels that kind of intolerance. the question is if we continue to support a system that does not function, that is paralyzed, yet purports to we in fact for g t
obama did not deliver it. i do not know what his intentions were, and i think it is almost irrelevant. we hdergone a corporate and it is over. obama serves those centers of power. on the issue of the rise of racism, which is very true -- i just came from alabama and was in montgomery, and you go into montgomery, there is a giant confederate flag now put up for the sons of the confederacy, and this is a new phenomenon, as you , peoplenchise people commonl retreat into these frightening ethnic...